What Is Information Literacy?
An information literate person is one who is able to recognize when information is needed and has the ability to effectively locate, evaluate, and employ the needed information. -- Huston, M., 1991, “Introduction: Toward Information Literacy”, Library Trends.
Information literate people are those who have learned how to learn. They know how to learn because they know how knowledge is organized, how to find information, and how to use information in such a way that others can learn from them. --Breivik, P. , 1989, Chair, the Final Report of the American Library Association Presidential Committee on Information Literacy.